Peter Hook Quotes

Bass player

Peter Hook, born on February 13, 1956, is a renowned bass player. He holds a significant position in the music industry, known for his unique musical style and talented performances.

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Famous Peter Hook Quotes

“Adidas produced a limited-edition pair of Haçienda trainers, designed by Yohji Yamamoto (Saville has worked with Yohji since the late 1980s, creating his catalogues and advertisements). They retailed for £345 but people queued up from midnight just to be first through the doors to buy a pair. The shoes disappeared in twenty minutes - all soled out.”

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Book:The Haçienda: How Not to Run a Club

Source: The Haçienda: How Not to Run a Club

“Now I don't know why, but Morrissey had always hated Joy Division. Maybe Rob got it right when after a lively debate as the cameras were turned off he turned to Morrissey and said, 'The trouble with you, Morrissey, is that you've never had the guts to kill yourself like Ian. You're fucking jealous.' You should have seen his face as he stormed off. I laughed me bollocks off.”

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Book:The Haçienda: How Not to Run a Club

Source: The Haçienda: How Not to Run a Club

“Ten things you should always do when you form a group 1. Work with your friends 2. Find like-minded people 3. Have ultimate self-belief 4. Write great songs 5. Get a great manager 6. Live in Manchester 7. Support each other through thick and thin 8. Realise no one person is bigger than the group (thanks to Gene Simmons for that one) 9. Watch where the money goes 10. Always get separate legal advice for everything before you sign; failing that, ask your mam and dad”

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Book:Substance: Inside New Order

Source: Substance: Inside New Order

“The barrels were on a platform and to keep the platform level someone had shoved a quarter-inch tape box underneath it. I pulled it out. Covered in old beer and sweat and condensation, it was one of the master tapes of Joy Division's debut album, Unknown Pleasures. It made me smile. It was an absolutely perfect metaphor for the Haçienda. Joy Division had held the whole fucking thing up.”

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Book:The Haçienda: How Not to Run a Club

Source: The Haçienda: How Not to Run a Club

“When digital recording came in about '84, everything started to follow into digital. Now, you've got the best recording media in the world, but it's not very pleasing to the ear.”

World Media Ears Digital

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“The scary thing is when I did my set in Texas everyone was excited. The show was great. I was done and the next DJ put something on vinyl and the difference! The quality!!”

Done Shows Next Differences Quality Scary Excited Texas Scar Djs Vinyl Scary Things

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“Sarcasm is a Manchester trait.”

Sarcasm Sarcastic Traits Manchester

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“It's quite ironic I suppose, it's that thing about being in a group when you all start out as friends and then invariably end up hating each other. So I just thought they needed telling really, in case they were labouring under the apprehension that they were still friends.”

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“I think the most important thing about what musicians do is the music. You can be as big an arsehole as you want but if you're not making good music, you won't get away with it.”

Thinking Important Musician Get Away

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“The chemistry involved made everything Factory did quite special.”

Made Special Involved Chemistry Factories

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“There's a very fine line between being artistic and being a dickhead - it's like love and hate.”

Hate Lines Fine Artistic Love And Hate Like Love Fine Lines

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“I suppose in the end it's almost too easy to look back and say what you should have done, how you might have changed things. What's harder - what's much, much harder - is to accept what you actually did do.”

Should Looks Ends Done Might Easy Accepting Changed Should Have Harder

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“We don't to be some kind of rock supergroup for the sake of being a supergroup. You want to change things and say something fresh and new so you appeal to people as a new group.”

People Want Kind Groups Rocks Sake Appeals Things Change

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“We've had a problem finding a vocalist. We have not been lucky yet to find the one. I think the problem is that the three of us have such a pedigree of vocalist, that if we come out with someone that's not good we'll obviously be slated!”

Ifs Thinking Problem Three Lucky Findings Pedigree Vocalist Finding The One

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“Nobody is the same. If we were all the same it would be bloody boring.”

Ifs Would Be Boring Bloody

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“I think that you have to bear in mind that music is about escape, and it's not unreasonable to think the music business would be based around escapism.”

Thinking Mind Would Be Bears Music Is Music Business Escapism Unreasonable

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“I think people expect mud at festivals, I think you'd be asking for your money back if you didn't get it.”

People Ifs Thinking Asking Mud Festivals

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“The fact is that you don't want to be away forever, but you want to lead a normal life.”

Want Facts Forever Normal Normal Life

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“We need to talk about what we are going to do and see and decide. We'll have to wait and see.”

Needs Waiting

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“Yeah, I still feel as if I have things to do really. I'm not ready to stop.”

Ifs Feels Stills Ready Yeah Things To Do Not Ready

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“America stopped making vinyl and phased out the single but Germany held out and refused. Warner's never phased out vinyl in Germany. Now America imports it!”

America Germany Imports Vinyl

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“But then I quite enjoy when something goes wrong, because when I watch DJs that take it very seriously, it's nice when you make a mistake and laugh about it.”

Enjoy Mistake Watches Laughing Nice Djs

Author:Peter Hook

About the Author

Born: February 13, 1956
Known for: Bass player
Quotes: 22

Books & Sources

The Haçienda: How Not to Run a ClubRelated source material

Substance: Inside New OrderRelated source material

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